A Lycium chinense-derived P5CS-like gene is regulated by water deficit-induced endogenous abscisic acid and overexpression of this gene enhances tolerance to water deficit stress in Arabidopsis

Molecular Breeding

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1109-1124

  Guan, Chunfeng ^a   Ji, Jing ^a   Guan, Wenzhu ^a   Feng, Yuanhang ^a   Li, Xiaozhou ^b   Jin, Chao ^a   Li, Jing ^a   Wang, Yurong ^a,c   Wang, Gang ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Yaohua High School   (China)

Author keywords

Endogenous ABA; Lycium chinense; Proline; Water deficit stress

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PLANTS (BOTANY); WATER TREATMENT;

ABSCISIC ACID; ARABIDOPSIS; CARBOXYLATE SYNTHETASE; ENDOGENOUS ABSCISIC ACID; LYCIUM CHINENSE; PROLINE; PYRROLINES; TRANSCRIPT LEVEL; WATER DEFICIT STRESS; WATER DEFICITS;

GENES;

EID: 84939895032     PISSN: 13803743     EISSN: 15729788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11032-014-0103-6     Document Type: Article

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